New video card for me!
Thursday, July 6, 2006 by PurrBall | Discussion: Video Cards
I just installed my new video card, and I can see improvements everywhere, most noticable Windows Vista's Aero Glass, Windows Media Player, WindowFX, and WindowBlinds.
The fact is: Even upgrading just a family (Nvidia GeForce 5200 to 6200) makes a HUGE difference!
The fact is: Even upgrading just a family (Nvidia GeForce 5200 to 6200) makes a HUGE difference!
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starkers
Reply #23 Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:18 PM
That's my next card....a PCIe put out by XTX. My fav puter shop has one put aside for me at a really good price....I'm paying it off, sort of like a layby. Have to do it that way cos I also need to up my GPU to accommodate the extra juice it will require
I'm also looking in the next couple of months or so to upgrade my Soundblaster Audigy 4 card to a Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum to function better with Vista. I cannot utilise all my current card's functions in Vista, meaning I have to dual boot with XP to access them, and I'm rather hoping to install that on another machine so I have so I can do away with the dual boot set-up altogether.
Reply #23 Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:18 PM
GeForce 768MB 8800GTX
That's my next card....a PCIe put out by XTX. My fav puter shop has one put aside for me at a really good price....I'm paying it off, sort of like a layby. Have to do it that way cos I also need to up my GPU to accommodate the extra juice it will require
I'm also looking in the next couple of months or so to upgrade my Soundblaster Audigy 4 card to a Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum to function better with Vista. I cannot utilise all my current card's functions in Vista, meaning I have to dual boot with XP to access them, and I'm rather hoping to install that on another machine so I have so I can do away with the dual boot set-up altogether.
vStyler
Reply #24 Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:22 PM
Reply #24 Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:22 PM
Congrats to all with nice cards.. mine just crapped out on me.. using onboard now 
starkers
Reply #29 Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:06 PM
Yeah....only getting it to up all my 'Vista Experience' scores to above 5.
Nah, not really....was looking to upgrade my 7600GT anyway - cos sometimes I have draw/redraw issues during multi-tasking - and my current power supply is a lower end unit and was only a temporary anyway. The one I have set aside is the Antec 550 ATX12V.... should have enough grunt for what I need.
Reply #29 Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:06 PM
That is a huge card! Probably huge FPS too
Yeah....only getting it to up all my 'Vista Experience' scores to above 5.
Nah, not really....was looking to upgrade my 7600GT anyway - cos sometimes I have draw/redraw issues during multi-tasking - and my current power supply is a lower end unit and was only a temporary anyway. The one I have set aside is the Antec 550 ATX12V.... should have enough grunt for what I need.
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Reply #21 Friday, July 13, 2007 2:46 AM
BFG GeForce 768MB 8800GTX OC.